diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c198949..545930f6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24393,3 +24393,6 @@
 	button in Setup mode would fail to open the 'Edit Button' dialog.
 2023-09-27 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed bugs in 'RDSoundPanel' affecting drag-and-drop operation.
+2023-09-27 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a bug in 'RDPanelButton' that caused the background
+	color to fail to be reset when clearing the button.
diff --git a/lib/rdpanel_button.cpp b/lib/rdpanel_button.cpp
index 4d0b8126..e173e396 100644
--- a/lib/rdpanel_button.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdpanel_button.cpp
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ QColor RDPanelButton::defaultColor() const
 
 void RDPanelButton::setDefaultColor(QColor color)
 {
-  if(color==button_default_color) {
-    return;
-  }
   button_default_color=color;
   if(playDeck()==NULL) {
     setColor(color);
@@ -151,9 +148,6 @@ void RDPanelButton::setStartSource(RDLogLine::StartSource src)
 
 void RDPanelButton::setColor(QColor color)
 {
-  if(color==button_color) {
-    return;
-  }
   button_color=color;
   if(button_flash) {
     if(color==palette().color(QPalette::Background)) {